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Ian Ensum
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Women and girls with ASD. A much misunderstood group. (6th Oct 06 11:05:32 GMT)

Morning everyone. I'm a clinical psychologist working with adults with Asperger's Syndrome, who is starting to really think there is a hidden, largely invisible population of females with ASDs who end up misdiagnosed & misunderstood by services & society in general. For me, DSM/ICD describe a male stereotype which bears little relation to the people I see every day in my clinics - especially the women. does anyone else feel this way, or am I finally losing it?
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Females with ASD?
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Girls with asd
  Fairy's Mum   3  09-Oct-06 12:01:07 GMT 
Ian, Thank you. You are right on the button
  Sandy Kelleher   2  18-Oct-06 15:48:01 GMT 
Girls and ASD
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Women with AS
  Jane Neil-MacLachlan   0   
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  Sophist Gestalt   4  11-Oct-06 23:17:47 GMT 
How Girls Bully (Odd Girls Out by Rachel Simmons)
  Ladybug Ladybug   2  14-Oct-06 19:31:26 GMT 
How Women Bully
  Blanche McKenna   1  14-Oct-06 21:28:59 GMT 
How Women Bullly
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I agree
  Margaret Sharp   0   
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  Sophist Gestalt   1  14-Oct-06 23:40:09 GMT 
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Despite that I think girl-to-girl bullying always happens, I still think it is not necessarily as severe as male-to-male bullying. Despite that it's subtler, I think sometimes ignoring the outcast happens a lot, too.

In my own experience, I had a few very cruel bullies that definitely put to shame the though that words hurt less than fists. But by and large, at least my class of girls seemed to be more accomodating of differences and generally, at worst, ignored me.

On the other hand, I saw boys who were considered the "outcasts" and seemed to have a much harder time of it.

I don't know. Maybe I just managed to get a relatively good group of classmates who were unusually compassionate. But from my own class, alone, it seemed like the boys always had aggression and bullying on their minds much more than the girls. Not saying girls, including myself, weren't bullied and had hard times. But it seemed as though it happened less than with the boys.
Ignoring could also be not getting it...and of course there's a large group of AS-women that simply are ignored today
  Lotta Abrahamsson   0   
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...I actually didnīt realize I was bullied in schooluntil recently (and Iīm 42..)
Not understanding it might have been interpreted as "not reacting" to it and which makes you less interesting to bully?

It was a pretty good shield (and kept me stronger than if I had realized it) but certainly not a very good social and emotional learning...I don't know which I would have preffered. Probably the way it was....

Abt just thinking that there MIGHT be a large group out there who's ADHD covers the AS I smiled a little. I know it is that way........and it's remarkable how it can continue since the medical and social costs for this group most probably will exceed the cost for a properly diagnosed group of women. Not to mention the individual cost.....
Possible connection with anorexia in young women with undiagnosed autism?
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uadiagnosed asds in women(re autism2006 conferrence)
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